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Dick Fontaine(1939-2023)

  • Director
  • Producer
  • Additional Crew
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Dick Fontaine has produced, directed and written more than forty films during thirty years in independent film and video.

With writer/director Pat Hartley he runs Grapevine Pictures - an independent production company specialising in documentary, music, and original drama subjects.

Dick is also head of the MA in Documentary Direction at The National Film & Television School in Beaconsfield, UK.
BornMarch 18, 1939
DiedOctober 28, 2023(84)
BornMarch 18, 1939
DiedOctober 28, 2023(84)
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Double Pisces, Scorpio Rising (1970)
Double Pisces, Scorpio Rising
  • Director
  • 1970
Sonny Rollins Beyond the Notes (2014)
Sonny Rollins Beyond the Notes
7.5
  • Director
  • 2014
Will the Real Norman Mailer Please Stand Up? (1968)
Will the Real Norman Mailer Please Stand Up?
  • Director
  • 1968
I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1982)
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
7.9
  • Director
  • 1982

Credits

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Director



  • Sonny Rollins Beyond the Notes (2014)
    Sonny Rollins Beyond the Notes
    7.5
    • Director
    • 2014
  • Bombin' (1988)
    Bombin'
    7.3
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1988
  • Art Blakey in Art Blakey: The Jazz Messenger (1988)
    Art Blakey: The Jazz Messenger
    7.1
    • Director
    • 1988
  • Bill Evans: The Path of Least Resistance
    Music Video
    • Director
    • 1985
  • Stanley Jordan: Lady in My Life
    Music Video
    • Director
    • 1985
  • Arena (1975)
    Arena
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1984
  • I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1982)
    I Heard It Through the Grapevine
    7.9
    • Director
    • 1982
  • World in Action (1963)
    World in Action
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1971
  • Double Pisces, Scorpio Rising (1970)
    Double Pisces, Scorpio Rising
    • Director
    • 1970
  • Who Is Sonny Rollins?
    7.0
    Short
    • Director
    • 1968
  • Will the Real Norman Mailer Please Stand Up? (1968)
    Will the Real Norman Mailer Please Stand Up?
    • Director
    • 1968
  • One Pair of Eyes (1967)
    One Pair of Eyes
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1967
  • Orson Welles in Tempo (1961)
    Tempo
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1966
  • David, Moffett, and Ornette: The Ornette Coleman Trio
    7.3
    Short
    • Director
    • 1966

Producer



  • The eagle's shadow (2018)
    The eagle's shadow
    • executive producer
    • 2018
  • Ecocide: Voices from Paradise (2014)
    Ecocide: Voices from Paradise
    8.4
    • executive producer
    • 2014
  • Sonny Rollins Beyond the Notes (2014)
    Sonny Rollins Beyond the Notes
    7.5
    • executive producer
    • 2014
  • Semangat
    • co-producer
    • 2010
  • Relative Madness
    Short
    • co-producer
    • 2009
  • Handsworth Calling
    Short
    • executive producer
    • 2009
  • 3 Minute Wonder (2003)
    3 Minute Wonder
    8.0
    TV Series
    • executive producer
    • 2009
  • World in Action (1963)
    World in Action
    7.0
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1964–1971
  • Double Pisces, Scorpio Rising (1970)
    Double Pisces, Scorpio Rising
    • producer
    • 1970
  • Who Is Sonny Rollins?
    7.0
    Short
    • producer
    • 1968
  • Will the Real Norman Mailer Please Stand Up? (1968)
    Will the Real Norman Mailer Please Stand Up?
    • producer
    • 1968

Additional Crew



  • World in Action (1963)
    World in Action
    7.0
    TV Series
    • production team
    • 1963–1964

Personal details

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  • Born
    • March 18, 1939
    • Hampstead, London, England, UK
  • Died
    • October 28, 2023
    • Kensington, London, England, UK(cancer)
  • Children
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